You need to look at 'Tim Andrews, Over the Hill' blog and website to get the whole story and follow the progress of this fascinating project and the man behind it. We are very grateful to Peter Dazeley for suggesting we invite Tim to talk to us. Not only did he tell us his story, but Tim also shared his feelings and the thoughts behind the project, which started with him answering an advert for a nude model. This grew into a project which has resulted in over 300 photographers engaging with Tim and talking through their ideas for a portrait of him, encompassing the reality of his Parkinson’s and what that means to him. For Tim, this has led to interviews, exhibitions and maybe enough material for a book, whilst I imagine, for the participating photographers, it has meant a different, creative and challenging approach to portraiture.

I read some newspaper pieces about Tim Andrews, and I didn't really understand the point of this project. I even thought it might be one of our less interesting evenings (shame on me). How wrong could I be? I totally 'get' it now - both as a photographic project and as a channel for his energy and passion. I preferred the ones with his clothes on, I think they said more about his personality. We're so lucky that he gave us an evening of his time.

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tim andrews

9/7/2015 02:39:21 pm

Thank you, Cathryn

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Ilya

18/3/2015 01:30:05 pm

Fabulous engaging evening. I also particularly enjoyed the slideshow at the end with an image from each photographer. Fascinating to see such different takes and styles of image of the same subject, such great photographs. I am going to be on the lookout for the next exhibition or the book.